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OceanWise ‘Surge Watch’ – Tracking tide surges during Storm Ali using Port-Log

The stormy season is upon us and we are seeing some interesting environmental conditions across the UK. We have been watching the changes during storm “Ali” using our Port-Log system which gives us unique access to environmental sensors all over the UK (and across the world). This week we have been specifically looking at UK […]

OceanWise receives a Bronze award from the Armed Forces Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS)

OceanWise are proud to receive the Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). The scheme has been established to encourage employers to develop and maintain an armed forces-friendly environment and we have been successful in achieving a bronze certificate in reflection of our attitude and actions towards members of the military, both current […]

OceanWise Marine Data Management and GIS Workshop 2018

This free event is back and is bigger and better than ever covering ‘What is data and why should we care’? ‘Why should data be seen as infrastructure?’ ‘Smart Ports – a myth or reality?’. Join industry experts, share your experiences and learn how GIS technologies can successfully deliver savings in time, effort and money. […]

Dr Mike Osborne to make Key note Speech at HydroSea 2018

We are very pleased to announce that Dr Mike Osborne, Managing Director of OceanWise Ltd, will be making a Keynote address on “Data Management to Hydrography” at the upcoming HydroSea 18 in Malaysia (19th-20th September). “Hydrographers have been managing data for a long time, since the first sounding was taken, or chart compiled. Important aspects […]

Marine Data Management Awareness Course – 16th October 2018

In co-operation with IMarEST we will once again be running a One-day Marine Data Management Awareness Course on Tuesday 16th October 2018. This will be taking place at IMarEST headquarters: 1 Birdcage Walk, London, SW1H 9JJ from 09:30 – 16:30. On this course you will learn: What Marine Data Management is, why data is such […]

OceanWise delivers accurate real-time weather data from Calshot Spit Light Float on the Solent

A Gill Instruments supplied weather station on the Solent – Calshot Spit Light Float – now has the OceanWise’ data telemetry system which is transmitting accurate real-time weather data direct from the light float to the OceanWise Environmental Data Sharing and Publishing platform, Port-Log.net. The OceanWise system, which has a proven track record in delivering […]

OceanWise adds new software extension which drastically reduces segmentation time for marine images

OceanWise has added a dynamic software Extension to Maritime Toolbar for Esri ArcMap, which powerfully and easily helps the user to manipulate maritime data. This latest extension ‘Object Based Image Analysis’ or ‘RSOBIA’ takes raster imagery and segments the data into geographic areas with similar statistical properties. It interprets the areas and boundaries seen in […]

We are now ISO 9001:2015 Accredited!

We are delighted to announce that we are now officially ISO 9001 accredited. After much hard work from the entire OceanWise team, our Quality Management System (QMS) has been confirmed as meeting the standards of the latest 2015 revision. The International Standards Organisation (ISO) helps businesses to have minimal waste and maximum productivity and sets […]

OceanWise awarded 4-year GIS Marine Data contract for the Scottish Government

We are very pleased to announce that we have been awarded the Framework Agreement for the provision of GIS Marine Data to the Scottish Government until 2022. We will be supplying Marine Mapping Data products and services including Marine Themes Vector, Marine Themes Digital Elevation Model (DEM), Raster Charts and Raster Charts eXcluding Land (XL) […]

The Team go Sailing!

For our annual team building day this year, we all climbed aboard a Sunsail First 40 cruising yacht and enjoyed a beautiful day of sailing in the Solent. We embarked from Port Solent and made our way over towards Cowes, before heading back past the New Forest and Southampton Water. The OceanWise team has a […]